Syllabus
HOURS: M-F 9:30-12:00
Day I
INTRODUCTION. History and historiography of the Italian Renaissance.
Day II Petrarch and the birth of Humanism.
Day III Boccaccio.
Day IV Boccaccio. Early masters in Italian art: Giotto, Simone Martini.
Day V Latin and Italian Humanism. Salutati. Alberti. Art from Masaccio to Brunelleschi.
Day VI Valla. Pico della Mirandola. Women Humanists and their male colleagues.
Day VII Machiavelli.
Day VIII Guicciardini. MID-TERM EXAM
Day IX Leonardo: writer, 'proto-scientist' and artist.
Day X Bembo and Castiglione: on rules and behavior.
Day XI Michelangelo, the artist and his poetry.
Day XII Petrarchism and women writers: V. Colonna, V. Franco, G. Stampa, I. Di Morra.
Day XIII Benvenuto Cellini. Giorgio Vasari and the canonization of the Renaissance.
Day XIV Ariosto and the "Culture of Contradiction".
Credits & Grades
Students in this program will receive both credits and letter grades. Grades will count towards
their Hunter GPA. ITAL 280 satisfies the Individual and Society category for the new Hunter
Core Requirement, or the 2/C PD/D category for the previous General Education Requirement.
Academic Inquiries
Prof. Monica Calabritto
Dept. of Romance Languages
Office: W1308
Phone: (212) 772-5098
Email: [email protected]
Administrative Inquiries
Education Abroad Office, Room E1447
9:30 am - 5:30pm; M, Th, F
9:30am - 6:00pm; T, W
Phone: (212) 772-4983
Fax: (212) 772-5005
E-Mail: [email protected]
Estimated Costs of Attendance
Tuition
$ 825 .00
Program fee $ 1,225.00
Not included in Program Fee:
$ 1,100.00
Airfare
$ 800.00
Meals
Textbooks $ 55.00
US $ 4,005.00
www.hunter.cuny.edu/educationabroad